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Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation at a glance

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Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$868k
Granted FY2026still arriving
19
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$625kEnvironment$585kArts & Culture$315kEducation$280kRecreation & Sports$270kHealth$195kHuman Services$125kPhilanthropy$100kOther$0
02FY2026 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $700k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER CINCINNATI TELEVISION$100,000
CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN$100,000
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$100,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$75,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$75,000
CITY GOSPEL MISSION$50,000
GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$50,000
CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION$50,000
GREAT PARKS FOREVER$50,000
TIKKUN FARM INC$50,000
THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC$30,000
GORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION$25,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$25,000
MARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$25,000
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $25k → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOC FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 19 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$2.4M
$675k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+17%

Still filing today

89%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $338k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25’26
EnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CN
    CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER
    3× · 2022–2026 · $125k · revenue +210%
  • VV
    VALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +5% · 31% of their budget
  • UW
    United Way of Greater Cincinnati
    3× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • CZ
    CINCINNATI ZOO BOTANICAL GARDEN
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • CC
    CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • TB
    THE BOONE CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2025 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
2
Cincinnati Preservation Association

To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.

Arts & Culture
3
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc

The wilds is a conservation center and safari park operating as a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization on nearly 10,000-acres in southeastern ohio. the wilds specializes in high-quality recreational opportunities that focus on connecting…

Animals
4
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

The conservancy engages community involvement through 1) programs and services to enhance the park visitor experience; 2) co-management of the park's award-winning "volunteer in parks" (vip) program; 3) education programs for school age…

Environment
5
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
7
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
8
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
9
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Land conservation and restoration for public benefit

Environment
10
Cincinnati Museum Association

Through the power of art, we contribute to a more vibrant cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting our communities.

Arts & Culture
11
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
12
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Greater Cincinnati Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Schumacher Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
24/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CINCINNATI ZOO BOTANICAL GARDEN: $250,000 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S: $150,000 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'STHE SALVATION ARMY: $125,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYGREATER CINCINNATI TELEVISION: $100,000 · OtherGREATER CINCINNATI TELEVISIONCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITALMARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherMARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $50,000 · OtherGROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC: $50,000 · OtherTIKKUN FARM INC: $50,000 · OtherXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Other+8 more: $163,000 · Other+8 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND I…CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $125,000 · EnvironmentCINCINNATI NATURE CEN…VALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentVALLEY VIEW FOUNDATIO…GREAT PARKS FOREVER: $50,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PARKS FOREVERCIVIC GARDEN CENTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $40,000 · EnvironmentCIVIC GARDEN CENTER O…GORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentMILL CREEK ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Environment+2 more: $25,000 · EnvironmentZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $475,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCI…CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUS…Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $90,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Ins…ISPACE INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureISPACE INCTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTAFT MUSEUM OF…THE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE V…Wave Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWave Foundatio…Cincinnati Parks Foundation: $220,000 · Recreation & SportsCincinnati …FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsFC CINCINNA…THE BOONE CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE BOONE C…United Way of Greater Cincinnati: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $75,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$1,308,000Environment$665,000Animals$475,000Arts & Culture$440,000Recreation & Sports$370,000Philanthropy$150,000Human Services$125,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $475,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $275,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $220,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $125,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetVALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $90,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARIEMONT PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetISPACE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOONE CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWave Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCorporation for Findlay Market: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPEO Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Duke Energy FoundationJosephine S Russell C…Millstone FundAndrew Jergens Founda…John a Schroth Family…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Pfau Charitable Found…The Thomas J Emery Me…Charles H Dater Found…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH30× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Millstone Fund · Andrew Jergens Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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